TAPES.— Plate V. 



Species 23. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Tapes beclivis. Tap. tedd elongato-ovatd, subtrigond, 

 subcBquilaterali, ad latiis posticmn Jlexuoso-decUvi, 

 fulvo-spadiced, cinereo-yrheo hiradiatd et copiose re- 

 ticulato-variegatd, coiicentrici dense liratd, liris ad 

 laterajlexuom-coiifiuentibui. 



The sloping Tapes. Shell elongately ovate, somewhat 

 triangular, nearly equilateral, flexuously sloping at 

 the posterior side, fulvous fawn-colour, two-rayed, 

 and copiously reticulately variegated with ash-grey, 

 concentrically densely ridged, ridges flexuously con- 

 fluent at the sides. 



Tapes decUms, Sowb. Th. Conch, vol. i. p. 680. pi. 145. f. 9. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Peculiarly flexuously extended on the posterior side. 



Species 24. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes Sinensis. Tap. testa ovatd, riifescente-spadicea, 

 caslaneo obscure radiatd et nebulatd, lavigatd vel rii- 

 gosd, ad lalera plicato-corrugatd, rngls versus medium 

 coiiflueiitibus, mnbonibus rosaceis. 



The China Tapes. Shell ovate, reddish fawn-colour, 

 obscurely rayed and clouded with chestnut, smooth 

 or rugose, plicately wrinkled at the sides, wrinkles 

 confluent towards the middle, umboes pink. 



Hub. China. 



A characteristic buft'-coloured shell, finely plicately 

 wi-iukled on each siile, the wrinkles being curiously con- 

 fluent towards the middle of the shell. 



